Diana, me again there are 102 John William/s of various ages living in Llanelly in 1851......705 in the whole of Carmarthenshire :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "diana murray" <littlewarrenfarm@fletchingcommon.fsbusiness.co.uk> To: <CARMARTHENSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [Cmn-L] Sylen Farm/William family Llanelly > Hello David - Thank you for the information on Sylen Farm and your help > but I don't know if I do or not have the right place to be honest with > you. I > contacted the archives dept at Carmarthen to try and find out if there was > a > list of inhabitants for Felinfoel/Llanelly pre 1841 as I think my great x > 4 > grandfather was dead by 1841 as I cannot find him in the census. Also > they were attached to Adulam Baptist church where it is impossible to > search the archives. They > came up with only one John William a farmer of 40 acres at Sylen Farm. > They can copy it for me but it will be quite expensive not like an > ordinary > entry - so I need to be sure that it is the right John William. I do > not > know if it is correct!! I need to do some more research on it first. > > I do not at present have the name Jenkin and Daniel in my family. The > most common names seem to be Davies/ Hopkin and now I am trying to link up > the names Samuel, Richard and Fisher with my relatives. I have the > dubious fortune to have John Williams going back from the present day to > 1800 in my direct line! > > Any other ideas would be warmly welcomed. > > with best wishes > Diana > > ==== CARMARTHENSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Carmarthenshire Place Names Database - Looking for a farm etc you cannot > find - Contact - PeterWihl@compuserve.com - Let him know the name of the > Farm House etc etc - He will search the Database >
If you have got the story of the individual then the name should not matter that much. If you do not have the story then it must be a losing battle, if not entirely lost. JPR would not have missed the goal if he had not been called JPR. He would still have got it. g Pauline James wrote: > Diana, me again there are 102 John William/s of various ages living in > Llanelly in 1851......705 in the whole of Carmarthenshire :-) > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "diana murray" > <littlewarrenfarm@fletchingcommon.fsbusiness.co.uk> > To: <CARMARTHENSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 6:36 PM > Subject: Re: [Cmn-L] Sylen Farm/William family Llanelly > > >> Hello David - Thank you for the information on Sylen Farm and your >> help but I don't know if I do or not have the right place to be >> honest with you. I >> contacted the archives dept at Carmarthen to try and find out if >> there was a >> list of inhabitants for Felinfoel/Llanelly pre 1841 as I think my >> great x 4 >> grandfather was dead by 1841 as I cannot find him in the census. >> Also they were attached to Adulam Baptist church where it is >> impossible to search the archives. They >> came up with only one John William a farmer of 40 acres at Sylen Farm. >> They can copy it for me but it will be quite expensive not like an >> ordinary >> entry - so I need to be sure that it is the right John William. I >> do not >> know if it is correct!! I need to do some more research on it first. >> >> I do not at present have the name Jenkin and Daniel in my family. >> The most common names seem to be Davies/ Hopkin and now I am trying >> to link up the names Samuel, Richard and Fisher with my relatives. >> I have the dubious fortune to have John Williams going back from the >> present day to 1800 in my direct line! >> >> Any other ideas would be warmly welcomed. >> >> with best wishes >> Diana >> >> ==== CARMARTHENSHIRE Mailing List ==== >> Carmarthenshire Place Names Database - Looking for a farm etc you >> cannot find - Contact - PeterWihl@compuserve.com - Let him know the >> name of the Farm House etc etc - He will search the Database >> > > > ==== CARMARTHENSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Carmarthenshire & South Wales Information in Photographs & Information > http://www.carmarthenshirefhs.co.uk > > >